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(Manager) Bob Melvin gave me a lot of freedom to run. He basically gave me the green light to go whenever I wanted to. Plus I played a lot more than I ever have, and hitting leadoff really helped.

Management is basically going home on Friday and coming in to work on Monday in the same job with the same responsibilities. I can't imagine how any self-respecting director would agree to an arrangement like that . . . In Calgary, in particular, it seems like it's just a standard thing to do. When there's a corporate development of any kind, management just put a lot of money in their pockets in the process, regardless of whether they created value or not.

Johnny played really well as a freshman coming in. He gave us big-time minutes and handled the ball and handled the pressure really well. He knocked down a couple 3s, and it was basically like a trampoline for us.

Johnny's goal is to basically get us to a higher level within the independent ranks, ... We were just ready - ready to do something that will really help us out and see what having a record contract is all about.

John's breakthrough was a new way of teaching. He boiled all his knowledge into a system, and it just made teaching so much more efficient. John could walk a line of students and basically know a person's whole shot pattern from where the ball went after one swing. And then he would convey the information so that person could basically fix himself.

I think the theater is basically the boot camp for the actor. If you can survive the rigors of an eight-show-a-week schedule and be at your best all the time, you can handle virtually everything because no other craft requires you to get it right every single time.

I'm still amazed how after the actors came on in their costumes how accurate it all looked. Basically we designed the layout of the props on the streets.

I'm so... Honestly, it's been amazing to be a part of this journey on 'Veronica Mars.' Because I started out, really, with a word on the show. So it's kind of fun to look back and be like, 'Wow, I was basically an extra,' but not really - I had a little part.

Just basically sitting down with my family members, sitting and talking with coach Brown, a guy I truly, truly respect.

Just basically, that, you know, the kid basically got robbed and he got shot.

Just basically what he'd already said, that he didn't do anything, he blamed it mostly on Sarah (Kolb).

It hasn't even been a month. We had a meeting, the first of February, and we basically found out some of our sponsors weren't coming back. We talked about what would happen, and we sat down and decided to tell everybody.

I think Jamie was still affected by not getting his strength back after he was ill. Basically he was off for two weeks. He was rusty, a little nervous and stressed because he had never been there before.

I think it will be exciting for us as players ? with basically one big event every month, from beginning to end. The whole idea is to build excitement in the game of golf. By having more of a condensed season, I think that you'll see more of the top players playing against each other in the same fields, and I think that's ultimately what the fans want to see. We as competitors want to have that happen as well.

I think it will move through the high school ranks first. And eventually, we think it will be basically everywhere for students of all ages and all types.

It didn't vindicate Mr. Sancho. You basically follow these industry standards, and you don't have issues.

Most of the region's markets are trading off a bit, which is to be expected. The strength you've see over the last few days is basically the money that has been waiting on the sidelines for an opportunity to buy on the cheap; they've decided there is not going to be an opportunity to buy on the cheap, so they might as well get involved now.

It depends on what kind of diet they are talking about. If it is just caloric restriction or whether it is specific dietary changes. Some women will actually lose weight during a pregnancy basically because they're eating healthier versus binge eating or eating all the wrong foods.

I still think we have a lot of work to do, but guys are getting more comfortable and coming into their own. We have a lot of guys mixing in and out of the offensive line. You're talking basically the fourth center we've had in four games.

I thought it would be more interesting ... to get her into power where basically her own Cabinet is against her. The whole world is crashing down on her.

I thought Michael was brilliant. He basically made us tick and that allows me to do pretty much whatever I want, to bomb on as much as I want and try to create things further up the pitch.

I was just trying to make my pitches. I did basically the same thing as I did last time (against Boston). Keep the ball down and get ground balls.

I was kind of shook up over us not winning. I had four great years at UK and will miss it, but I've got to move on. I just basically quit watching basketball after we got beat.

I went to karate classes where it was basically a line-up of hulking man, hulking man, small nine-year-old girl, hulking man, hulking man.

I went to prep school and hoped a team would take a chance on me. It worked out. BC was there at the right time. They needed good players and it was a good fit for both of us. Basically it was good for both parties.

I think the ad that basically tries to suggest ... that we'd impose martial law or some such things has not only angered our soldiers and our veterans, it raises serious credibility questions once again.

I think some theaters have concluded that a simultaneous release model, if it were extended to the entire industry, would basically be the end of the exhibition industry as we know it. We may not have zero movie theaters in this country, but we'd certain have vastly fewer.

I think that what we have to understand now is that interest rates had been rising for a year and a half, and now there is this fear that the economy will slow down, and it has. Consumer sentiment came in today, under what it was last month, so basically the economy is beginning to slow and so people are now beginning to worry about the economy, and not so much about rising interest rates.

I talked to the guys at halftime and basically said that we were not as competitive. I thought that the second half they played exceptionally well. In these type of games, it takes a lot of time to get used to playing with guys. Every guy did something in a very positive way.

I talked to the umpire after the game and he said he thinks its nerves. We can't put our finger on it. Maybe it's just they don't know how to get ready yet. Basically it's coming from long days in school, and coming out and not really knowing what to expect.

I talked with the people I buy them from and we're basically not going to be getting any for a while, ... I told the people I won't be asking for them for a while. I'd hate to put one out down here when people so desperately need them down there.

Jim was in his element that day. He was a fantastic choreographer of words and he wanted us to pretend we were the SAS on a raid. We were to go in there, shoot 'em up, grab their beer and women and then bugger off. And that, of course, is basically what we did.

Last game, and this, we've been eaten up by penalties. Don't blame the boys. It's basically coaching.

It is going to be controlled somehow. Hunting is basically free management for communities and the state.

I think the difference that separates what I call a fireman and a fireman is people who are die-hard firemen that are in it to serve the public and basically help their fellow man. When (we) are cut, you bleed fire department red.

I think the board feels that a competition gym meets the needs of the district for a little extra money ... basically upgrading what we have in the plan.

I think the 'Boxers' book was easier for me to envision as a comic, because they were on this epic journey. These teenagers basically gathered into this army and marched to the capital city where they had a showdown with the Europeans and Japanese. On the 'Saints' side, it was a lot trickier.

I think the first ruling was basically the right one,

I think when we go on the road, it's just us against the whole city. You go to a city like New York and Chicago, where we only travel with 46 players and the coaches and the media guys through the organization, less than 100 people. It's us against the whole people, basically ... so I think we see the challenge. I think it brings us tighter when we're on the road because we know we're all we have in that city at that time.

It is kind of hard to figure out who you are when you've lost your job at age 13, when that was basically how you identified yourself.

I was working for a Swedish TV show - I'm Swedish - who basically did kind of spectacular stories. It was almost like CBS '60 Minutes,' but a Swedish version where we actually did travel quite a lot. After a while, I realized that travel is the most fun part of this, so why not do it for a longer time and just go off and explore?

Laws are getting passed in states like Alabama that basically would punish American citizens who are 'harboring' people. Since the federal government hasn't been able to muster or to get comprehensive immigration reform passed, states are taking it upon themselves to police and enforce laws.

I think we're going to see a pretty nasty race between Bush and Gore. But it's basically a dead even race.

It is basically a predictor on where each team will be two years from now.

It is basically a robot with an arm that attaches the milking cups to each teat so it milks each cow.

It is basically (a study) to look at efficiency in terms of cost. They're not looking at any major deterioration of service.

It is basically a subtle way to flash to the market that the negative economic consequences are resonating and that the Fed may not just look at this as a temporary soft patch this time.

It is basically a support group that can access certain equipment and personnel from the state. We communicate with them on what will work for people in our area.

It is an element of fairness, an element of opportunity. It basically says in America, we won't let you buy an election. If you're going to come in and try to do that, then you're at least going to give the other candidate a chance to compete.

It is a progression overall, a moving from say a (short) rock song to an eight-minute epic, just basically not creating a wall where you can only do one thing.

I think the most important thing was obviously the decision to take over the land and basically destroy the main dynamo of the economy which is commercial agriculture.

I think the toughest thing is to describe what a producer does because they basically do everything. They follow a project from the start through the rest of its life and, along the way, are a part of every single aspect of its growth. It's tremendously enriching, though, because you get to know and live with the movie in its entirety.

I think the semiconductors and the Nasdaq had sold off a little more than the rest of the market recently, so you're seeing them gain, ... But basically we're all waiting for everything that happens next week.

I think they basically have the same team that they had last year,

I think the response from the market is basically an indication that everyone believes that we're going to continue to this solid path of growth that we've been on, that the economy continues to perform, ... Productivity is very much in line with wage gains, so I don't think we see any signs of inflation on the horizon.

I think there's no question that there is going to be an accelerating consolidation and that's very, very healthy for this industry, ... In the past, if you look at what ideas have gotten funded, basically all ideas gave gotten funded  -- good ideas and bad ideas in the previous climate.

I think there were times when I first started out, when I was covering Iraq - I was basically living there in 2003 and 2004 - that car bombs and attacks became so the norm that it was weird for me to leave and realize that no one else actually cared about what was going on there.

I think the right approach is to continue to do what we can to create the conditions for economic growth in Iraq, and I don't think that is putting more debt on an already heavily debt-burdened country and basically a bankrupt country,

I think there's a lot of kids out there that love doing different things, but just basically afraid that socially it's not acceptable to love arts or to love music.

I think it's totally unfair to all the people who have been waiting to come here legally. People who have been trying to do it the right way are basically going to be cast to the back of the line.

I think after this I will probably want to get into management and stop the football side of it. You can never say never but I am basically thinking that way.

I think aside from the quarterbacks and the running backs, we've got the hardest job, ... just because we have to know everything in the passing game and we have to know all the line calls as far as pass protection, running the ball and things like that. So we have to know basically the entire offense inside out.

I think basically he was inaccurate. If a guy's open and you don't hit him, that's not the defense.

I think basically the issue has been (that) vitamin-D researchers and skin cancer researchers haven't been speaking to each other very much.

I think basically they settled down a little bit in the second half. We sorted out a few more things.

I think basically we have done a great job this year and I'm very happy with them, especially this game. They played hard. They played with intensity. They played with determination. I'm very happy with these girls.

I think basically we realized that each of us individually was actively pursing this issue,

Remember Ruby Ridge and remember Waco, ... Folks will just take so much. They've been pushed and pushed, but they are basically damned good people.

Remember Ruby Ridge and remember Waco. Folks will just take so much. They've been pushed and pushed, but they are basically damned good people.

Rocky is basically on his own -- it's very touching. People that were in the first one that you didn't think much about are back, really minor characters are now major characters.

Robert Murphy took the fourth most marks in the competition (last year) basically playing at centre half-forward.

Our ability to further our inquiry with regard to Michael Edwards and with regard to Mr. Decker is basically at an end. We believe that we have pursued that inquiry as far as we can go.

Over the next three years, we're basically going to attack every part of West Circle Drive.

Parents need to know that their children 12-18 years old are treated like they are criminals. Our kids basically lose their rights because an officer can out talk them.

Our preference would have been to keep existing site. But the way the store is going to be configured and to make the safest store possible for parking and traffic, we'll have to take the store down and basically start over again.

Our whole goal is to basically feature publishers' content and get people to click over to that content on the website.

Our business is in the rules engine, and basically we built it with one developer.

Our biggest task was from '97 through '98, when I changed my swing to where it's at now. After that, it was basically kind of maintenance. I've been doing that the last two years a lot on my own.

Our time frame is basically the Lord's time frame.

Our final offer is basically asking for the steps we missed during the freeze.

Our goal is to keep the exchange rate basically stable at adaptive and equilibrium levels.

Our goal is to sustain our status as one of the best programs. We have basically arrived as one of the best teams in the nation. To sustain that status, the coaches and players need to continue working hard. But the other component is the fan base and media coverage. That goes hand in hand.

Our goal is to be better next week than we were this week. We have six kids in the top three that have a shot to place down there. Next tournament is a clean slate. It's all been basically practice to get here. If we can put it all together for one tournament, anything can happen.

Our teachers also are aware that they basically have to serve two masters. You have to prepare students to do well on the DSTP, but you can't neglect the fact that students have to do well on the SAT.

I think he's got it basically right, although I don't believe the system was set up purposely to hurt boys.

It has basically served us, but we think we can do better with one that addresses local issues.

It has basically taken over my life. My husband and I wake up talking about it and go to sleep talking about it and we fit our professional work around the edges.

I think my father, who was Chinese, basically felt if we didn't major in science, we would starve on the streets, so we all went into science unquestioningly. I kind of faked my way through physics.

I think one of the big moments for me was the second EVA. Basically it was the last EVA of my career, my flying career, so it was poignant for me to look out in to the black, open space and bid space farewell.

I think Russians basically feel this is a game they are good at and they should be allowed to play, To be frank, I think Washington is just going to have to get used to that.

I was the guy who came up, and J.C. made some good pitches. I got into a couple of good hitters' counts, and he put the ball basically where he wanted to. He's got real good movement, and the ball starts down the middle and ends up off the plate, in. He made good pitches and he beat me there.

I was trying to think of a title for it, which is a hard thing. Limbo is basically a metaphor, anyway ... it's this place where you're neither here nor there ... and so many people live that kind of life.

I think if I stay healthy, I'll be okay. Now that I don't throw 94 or 95 miles per hour anymore, my slider is basically my best pitch. They pretty much know I'm 39, so I'm not a young guy anymore.

I tell people the first time I decided to write a novel I was in my mid-20s, and it was, 'Well, it's time to see if I can do this.' I basically flipped a coin to see if I was going to write science fiction or if I was going to do a crime novel. The coin toss went to science fiction.

It doesn't matter if they are black or white, whether they come from urban or suburban neighborhoods. When they basically get what they want and there are less rules that apply to them, the potential for abusive situations is increased.

I will tell the exact and absolute truth regarding the situation. I received a phone call from the band basically firing me from the band.

I was hoping that we could do basically what we did over in Seattle. It didn't happen, but it's on the right path. Somebody else can take over and take it the rest of the way. I've got no regrets about what happens now.

I think Pat is basically driven to share God's love with people here and around the world. His whole career has been devoted to sharing the gospel and to helping needy people.

I think Paul makes the big plays down the stretch that keep us close. (Saturday) he basically went one-on-five to bring us back against the Orlando Magic, who were basically there to stop just him.

I think people area a little intimidated by it sometimes... It's basically hiking -- you're not cold like people think you'd be. You actually get quite warm because you're exerting energy.